an almost daily updated ramblings of a "Not really Sane, Not Really Sorry" Wisconsin Entertainer

HELLO FROM EAU CLAIRE, WISCONSIN:

HELLO FROM EAU CLAIRE, WISCONSIN - city of big bottoms and small minds.

Sunday, November 1, 2009

WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY CAN MAKE

I took these photos of Hammy last night while we were up in the loft. He suddenly focused in on a very tiny insect that was circling the light bulbs in the lamp. One of the personality traits that we find so endearing about him is his "child" - even though he is fully grown, he maintains his curiosity that he has had all along.Then this morning (sunday) Kim found him throwing up his breakfast. Throughout the morning his demeanor deteriorated and by noon Kim called the one veterianarian service that carries a doctor on call on sundays and we rushed him right in.

You don't really realize how deeply fond of you are of your pets until something like this happens. The veterinarian checked his pulse which was extremely rapid, and he was running a temperature of 106 degrees - much too high. He ran some blood tests and ultimately concluded after checking also for leukemia that Hammy has a bacterial infection.

The vet gave him two injections; a cortisone shot and a shot to combat the infection. Now it is a matter of seeing how Hammy responds to the meds. If he continues to vomit we will have to take him back to the vet for an interveinous feed to keep him from becoming dehydrated.

Currently he has gone down to the basement and is hiding in one of his secret places which is making me a bit nervous. that combined with the start of the Packer game has me really jumpy!!!

Thoughts to Ponder

* Men have 2 emotions: hungry, horny. If you see a gleam in his eye . . make him a sandwich.

* Give a person a fish, you feed them for a day. teach a person to use the internet and they won't bother you for weeks, months, maybe even years.

* Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in the hospital, dying of nothing.

* Take a lesson from the weather; it pays no attention to criticism.

* In the '60's, people took acid to make the world weird. Now the world is weird and people take prozac to make it normal.

* Life is like a jar of jalepeno peppers: what you do today may burn your ass tomorrow.

And finally . . .

* Don't worry about old age; it doesn't last that long.

Heckler Smack-down:

I was working a club in Mount Prospect, Illinois, and had just finished singing "The Vasectomy Song". As the applause subsided, a black man seated right in front of the stage said: "Hey, man . . . do you want to see my scars?"

"Well," I replied, "we wouldn't want to spoil the Black Myth, now would we?"

my favorite person

This week, my favorite person is Kurt Weber, a former student, and always a close friend.

Today's Quote:

Therapy is expensive . . .

Poppin' bubble wrap is cheap.

You choose.

Teabaggers in Action

Words of Wisdom

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. - Martin Luther King, Jr.